In their Footsteps

The Bloody Sunday Trust were among the coalition of groups to establish the powerful ‘In Their Footsteps’ campaign in 2014. This inclusive, Island-wide campaign continues to grow with every exhibition and invites all families bereaved by conflict to contribute a pair of shoes representing their loved one...

COMING IN AUGUST 2019: Battle of the Bogside - 50 Years On

Join us this August 2019 for a special programme of events marking 50 years since Battle of the Bogside, when, for three days and nights the people of Free Derry fought back against the brutal, sectarian police force of the time. A pivotal event in Irish history, it brought British soldiers on to the streets of Derry - where they stayed for nearly forty years.

The main signature project of the Bloody Sunday Trust remains the Museum of Free Derry. The Museum of Free Derry opened in 2007 in order to tell the story of what happened in the city during the period 1968 – 1972, popularly known as ‘Free Derry’, and including the civil rights era, Battle of the Bogside, Internment, Bloody Sunday and Operation Motorman.

The civil rights movement in Ireland has its deepest roots in Derry. It was here on 5 October 1968 that the issue of civil rights in the north first came to the attention of the world when the police attacked a peaceful demonstration in Duke Street. It was here that the first no go area was declared in January 1969, when the defiant slogan ‘You Are Now Entering Free Derry’ appeared on a gable wall in the Bogside.

A year after Bloody Sunday saw the first commemoration march and rally held in Derry, organised by the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association. These annual marches were to continue for decades in pursuit of truth and justice.

The Bloody Sunday Trust's vision is to promote human rights, conflict transformation and understanding, and over the years we have organised and supported many memorable events highlighting these very subjects.